CVE-2016-8617
7.0
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.08%
Description
The base64 encode function in curl before version 7.51.0 is prone to a buffer being under allocated in 32bit systems if it receives at least 1Gb as input via `CURLOPT_USERNAME`.
How to fix CVE-2016-8617
To remediate CVE-2016-8617, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/curl—upgrade to 7.51.0-r0 or later
- Debian/curl—upgrade to 7.51.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-8617 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 7.51.0-r0
- from 0, < 7.51.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |